Tegan is a distinctive choice, ranked #2006 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Tegan in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2006
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About the Name Tegan
Tegan has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 476 places in five years. It was most popular in 2003 at #97 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It briefly reached the UK top 100, though it typically sits a little further down the charts.
Tegan is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Tegan in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Tegan
Tegan Higginbotham โ Tegan Marie Higginbotham is an Australian comedian, writer, and actress.
Tegan Martin โ Tegan Jade Martin is an Australian model, hairdresser and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Australia on 6 June 2014 and represented her country Australia at the Miss Universe 2014, placed in the Top 10.
Tegan Fourie โ Tegan Fourie is a South African field hockey player for the South African national team.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Tegan
Unlikely. With around 14 UK babies named Tegan per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Tegan in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Tegan is declining: down 739 places since 2020, to #2,006 in 2025. It peaked at #97 in 2003.
Tegan is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Tegan include: Tegan Higginbotham, Tegan Martin and Tegan Fourie. Short summaries for each appear below.
Tegan does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Tegans in the wild.
14
UK babies named Tegan (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 739 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Tegan
Almost certainly the only Tegan in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Tegan
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Tegan Jade Martin is an Australian model, hairdresser and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Australia on 6 June 2014 and represented her country Australia at the Miss Universe 2014, placed in the Top 10.
Tegan Celia Bertolissio (Italian: [หtสษหlja bertoหlissjo] TEE-gษn-CHEH-lya-behr-toh-LEE-syo; born 1 August 2006) is an Australian soccer player who plays as a defender for A-League Women club Canberra United.
Tegan Cunningham is a retired Australian basketball player who played for the Melbourne Boomers in the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) among other teams former Australian rules football player who played with the Melbourne Football Club, and Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW).